Kim Janey

Kim Janey
President of the Boston City Council
Assumed office
January 2020
Preceded byAndrea Campbell
Succeeded byEd Flynn (elect)
Member of the Boston City Council
from the 7th district
Assumed office
January 2018
Preceded byTito Jackson
Succeeded byTania Fernandes Anderson (elect)
Mayor of Boston
Acting
In office
March 22, 2021 – November 16, 2021
Preceded byMarty Walsh
Succeeded byMichelle Wu
Personal details
Born (1965-05-16) May 16, 1965 (age 59)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Children1
FatherClifford B. Janey
EducationSmith College
WebsiteOfficial website

Kim M. Janey[1] (born May 16, 1965)[2] is an American politician. In March 2021, Janey became acting Mayor of Boston. She became mayor when Marty Walsh resigned to become United States Secretary of Labor in March 2021. She is the first woman and first African-American to become mayor of Boston.[3]

In January 2020, she was elected President of the Boston City Council. She has represented District 7 of the city council since January 2018.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "School Committee needs to proceed on achievement gap task force". The Boston Globe. January 25, 2015. p. A10. Retrieved January 22, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ @Kim_Janey (May 16, 2020). "Thanks so much for all the birthday love" (Tweet). Retrieved January 22, 2020 – via Twitter.
  3. ↑ "Kim Janey Poised To Become Boston's First Woman And First Black Mayor". www.wbur.org. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  4. ↑ "New City Council Members Sworn In, Marking Historic Diversity For Boston". WBUR-FM. January 6, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2020.